TrajanII on DeviantArthttps://www.deviantart.com/trajanii/art/Moto-Guzzi-500cc-V8-GP-Racer-1955-57-658228886TrajanII

Deviation Actions

TrajanII's avatar

Moto Guzzi 500cc V8 GP Racer 1955 - 57

By
Published:
402 Views

Description

The Guzzi V8 was designed and built to take on the best of MV Agusta, Gilera, AJS and Norton in the 500 class GPs of the fifties. It had a very advanced twin camshaft liquid cooled V8 engine with 8 x 20mm Dellortho carbs. It was capable of 172mph but was an unwieldy and demanding beast to ride at high speed. Dogged by mechanical problems its best placing was 4th in the 1957 Senior TT on the Isle of Man when it finished the race on 7 cylinders. Another 20 years would pass before another GP racer was built that exceeded the Guzzi V 8's top speed
Image size
4224x2368px 2.93 MB
Make
HTC
Model
HTC One mini 2
Shutter Speed
1/33 second
Aperture
F/2.2
Focal Length
4 mm
ISO Speed
250
Date Taken
Nov 19, 2016, 1:26:48 PM
© 2017 - 2024 TrajanII
Comments4
Join the community to add your comment. Already a deviant? Log In
StallionDesigns's avatar
Very cool looking Bike, great photo.  :D (Big Grin)